“Because I have become a hack I will send u the whole section that pertains to u,” then-Politico senior White House reporter Thrush wrote to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

Thrush also asked Podesta to keep the matter between them.“

“Please don’t share or tell anyone I did this Tell me if I f---ed up anything.”

Podesta responded that he saw “no problem here.”

It’s not uncommon in Washington for reporters to send materials to sources for fact-checking. But the language Thrush used was particularly embarrassing and led to a number of jabs at his expense on social media.